Yukko

As most of you already know - I write and teach right from my heart as I believe we are all connected and I sense what goes on for me occasionally or is touching your life as well.

Do the holidaze bring a mixed bag of feelings? They do for me. A sense of excitement about the celebration, seeing family and friends from far away and of course the frenzy of the feast. But behind all of this lies this burden of energy that must be spent. I wrangle with giving away too much of my personal power to house guests and certainly to feeding and organizing everyone. This year, I will be working with personal boundaries and protecting my sacred quiet space.

As a Yogi, I need adequate amounts of quiet time to bath the sensitivity of my soul and quite simply because I enjoy them. The practice has taught me how nourishing quiet free time can be. My experience has shown me how draining and stressful constant activity, conversation and care taking is. This TG, I vow to be conscious of what/who is feeding my well being and that which is not. Monitoring my experience so as to not stress and drain my inner resources.

I think we all wish to be as I describe above. The problem lies in that most of us are so ADDICTED to stimulation of all sorts and dread the gaps of nothing. For some reason, it has become acceptable to be constantly overwhelmed, busy and stressed out. It is the cool way to be -- in fact, you are definitely "someone" if you are this way. Sadly enough, this is a sign of our crazy times.

I choose a different road - one last traveled but one with an open expanse to the wonder, beauty and silence that life continually provides if we are willing and able to see it.

I give thanks for the teachings that allow me to live my life with choice. I give daily these teachings so we all may live healthy and fulfilling lives connected to spirit as we see it. Namaste'